Switchblade Updates

Update 7 January, 2018 We have more parts made, including these two shown in the images below. These are tail parts that are part of the tail locking mechanism. There are so many tail metal parts...

Update 30 December, 2017 Below, Ron Burch (right off screen) is positioning new side mirrors so that Sam Bousfield (seated inside) can check the view from the mirror to the rear. The earlier side...

Update 20 Nov 2017 Samson was in the news recently, this time with a Portland, Oregon, CBS affiliate, KOIN TV. Pictured in the image above, Reporter Cole Miller and Videographer Mike Soe drove three...

Update 30 October, 2017 We sent more samples out for test coatings of the Black-T material, as the first tests showed incomplete coating in part holes. Black-T is a very thin, military-like coating...

Risse Racing provided the two newly re-worked rear shock absorbers last week. These are two-stage shocks, which were developed to take into account the difference between aircraft shock requirement...

Above is a close-up view of the power door lock that was installed in each door. The Switchblade flying sports car doesn't have an outside door handle. It is opened by using the keyless remote to...

The front windshield was installed in time for AirVenture, which really helped give a sense for the lines of the Switchblade flying sports car. With the wings swinging in and out constantly at the...